Word Cloud: EARTH

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by NONA BLYTH CLOUD

Religion and Science — two different approaches to the questions, How Does Stuff Work? and Why Do Things Happen?

When you start with the same questions, you often uncover similar answers. The Elements, for example.

The “basic four”— Earth, Air, Water and Fire — show up in religions all around the world, and they’re fundamental to alchemy, one of the stepping-stones to Science. So this week, we’ll be looking at Earth through the lens of poetry, and over the next three weeks at each of the other elements.

Earth — our home — and earth, the element where rooted life begins and grows, which in turn nourishes the unrooted life that moves by foot or wing or wriggle.

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With The Advent Of Social Media, Hating-On-The-Poor Posts Have Become A Genre

By Nicole Plyler Fisk

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I have lots of important things to write about (Syria, gun control, etc.), and I do write about them — often. But then my groove is interrupted, and I have to stop, because people from my small, conservative hometown start using Facebook to hate on the poor. Without fail, this happens every few months. Without fail, I respond, which earns comments, the next-time-around, like the following:

INFURIATES ME when people defend the ones who take advantage of the system when they could be doing more. I have heard people brag about how they misuse it! Yes … people legitimately need it and should use it … but we all know how abused the system is and WE PAY FOR IT!

Follow me over the fold for more that’s guaranteed to raise your blood pressure, but only if you have a heart.

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ON THIS DAY: September 15, 2016

September 15th is

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Greenpeace Day *

International Dot Day *

Felt Hat Day

National Crème de Menthe Day

National RAINN Day *
(Rape-Abuse-Incest National Network)

UN International Day of Democracy

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ON THIS DAY: September 14, 2016

September 14th is

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Cream-Filled Donut Day

Eat a Hoagie Day

Galactic Space-Time Ripple Day *

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ON THIS DAY: September 13, 2016

September 13th is

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International Chocolate Day

Peanut Day

Defy Superstition Day

Fortune Cookie Day

Positive Thinking Day

Roald Dahl Day *

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ON THIS DAY: September 12, 2016

September 12th is

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Boss-Employee Idea Exchange Day

Chocolate Milkshake Day

Programmer’s Day *

U.N. Day for South-South Cooperation *

World Maritime Day

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MORE!  Mahler’s 8th, Kate Hepburn and Bonanza, click

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TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun – Part 6

Good Morning!

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Welcome to The Coffee Shop, just for you early risers on Monday mornings.
This is an Open Thread forum, so if you have an off-topic opinion burning a
hole in your brainpan, feel free to add a comment.
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This week, Bertie Gregory goes into the Pacific Northwest waters (temps run in the 40s and 50s) to photograph Steller sea-lions (Eumetopias jubatus), and discovers they are just as curious about him as he is about them.


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If you’ve just joined us, here’s a link to last week’s episode, where you can also link to all the previous parts of this ongoing series:

TCS: Mad Englishman Near the Midnight Sun — Part 5

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Thanks for visiting TCS – have a great week.

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NOAA photo of Steller sea-lion sounding off

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ON THIS DAY: September 11, 2016

September 11th is

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Hug Your Hound Day *

Libraries Remember Day *

National Day of
Service and Remembrance *

Make Your Bed Day

No News is Good News Day

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New Zealand Firefighters perform a powerful Haka for those lost on 9-11

by Chuck Stanley

The Fire Service of New Zealand does the traditional Haka new-zealand-fire-service_tceremonial war dance for their comrades who are about to do the annual Memorial Stair Climb of the Skytower.

This climb is to celebrate the lives of those lost on September 11, 2001 and to remember their heroism. Those firefighters of 9-11 ran toward the danger rather than away from it because that is what firefighter do.

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ON THIS DAY: September 10, 2016

September 10th is

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Farmer-Consumer Awareness Day*

International Drive Your Studebaker Day *

National Hot Dog Day

National Swap Ideas Day

World Suicide Prevention Day *
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